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The Best R-Rated War Movies

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List of R-Rated war movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated war movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated War movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated war movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated War movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated War films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated War film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

Examples of movies on this list: Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List and many more.

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Braveheart
Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
Released: 1995
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical medieval war drama film directed by and starring Mel... more on Wikipedia
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1917
George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman
Released: 2019
Directed by: Sam Mendes
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Full Metal Jacket
Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey
Released: 1987
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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Black Hawk Down
Ewan McGregor, Tom Hardy
Released: 2001
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Black Hawk Down is a 2001 American-British war film directed by Ridley Scott. It is an... more on Wikipedia
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Das Boot
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer
Released: 1981
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Das Boot is a 1981 German epic film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by... more on Wikipedia
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Druids
Max von Sydow, Christopher Lambert
Released: 2001
Directed by: Jacques Dorfmann
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Apocalypse Now Redux
Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford
Released: 2001
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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We Were Soldiers
Mel Gibson, Lyndon B. Johnson
Released: 2002
Directed by: Randall Wallace
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 film that dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965.... more on Wikipedia
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Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford
Released: 1979
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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Letters from Iwo Jima
Ken Watanabe, Ryan Kelley
Released: 2006
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
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The Killing Fields
John Malkovich, Craig T. Nelson
Released: 1984
Directed by: Roland Joffé
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Troy
Brad Pitt, Eric Bana
Released: 2004
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach
Released: 1966
Directed by: Sergio Leone
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300
Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender
Released: 2006
Directed by: Zack Snyder
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Alexander
Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer
Released: 2004
Directed by: Oliver Stone, Wilhelm Sasnal, Anka Sasnal
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Platoon
Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen
Released: 1986
Directed by: Oliver Stone
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guinness, William Holden
Released: 1957
Directed by: David Lean
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Pan's Labyrinth
Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Released: 2006
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
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The Patriot
Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger
Released: 2000
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
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Hamburger Hill
Don Cheadle, Dylan McDermott
Released: 1987
Directed by: John Irvin
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Atonement
Keira Knightley, Benedict Cumberbatch
Released: 2007
Directed by: Joe Wright
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The Last of the Mohicans
Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
Released: 1992
Directed by: Michael Mann
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman
Released: 1999
Directed by: Luc Besson
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The Emperor and the Assassin
Gong Li, Chen Kaige
Released: 1998
Directed by: Chen Kaige
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MASH
Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland
Released: 1970
Directed by: Robert Altman
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